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-# Mattermost is an open source, on-prem Slack-alternative
+# Mattermost
-Mattermost modernizes team communication without locking in your data to a single provider.
+Mattermost is an open source, on-prem Slack-alternative.
-Offer your end users messaging and file sharing across PCs and phones with archiving and instant search--without losing control of your data.
+It offers modern communication from behind your firewall, including messaging and file sharing across PCs and phones with archiving and instant search.
## All team communication in one place, searchable and accessible anywhere
@@ -26,19 +26,13 @@ Please see the [features pages of the Mattermost website](http://www.mattermost.
- Attach sound, video and image files from mobile devices
- Define team-specific branding and color themes across your devices
-#### Enterprise Compatible
-
-- Self-host Mattermost entirely within your organization's insfrastructure
-- GitLab Mattermost omnibus supports install to over 100,000 organizations using GitLab
-- LDAP/Active Directory connectivity to Mattermost enabled via GitLab Single-Sign-On
-
## Learn More
- [Product Vision and Target Audiences](http://www.mattermost.org/vision/) - What we're solving and for whom are we building
- [Mattermost Forum](http://forum.mattermost.org/) - For technical questions and answers
- [Issue Tracker](http://www.mattermost.org/filing-issues/) - For reporting bugs
- [Feature Ideas Forum](http://www.mattermost.org/feature-requests/) - For sharing ideas for future versions
-- [Contributuion Guidelines](http://www.mattermost.org/contribute-to-mattermost/) - For contributing code or feedback to the project
+- [Contribution Guidelines](http://www.mattermost.org/contribute-to-mattermost/) - For contributing code or feedback to the project
Follow us on Twitter at [@MattermostHQ](https://twitter.com/mattermosthq).
@@ -48,14 +42,16 @@ There are multiple ways to install Mattermost depending on your needs.
#### Quick Start Install for Product Evaluation
-- [Local Machine Install and Upgrade with Docker](doc/install/single-container-install.md) - Explore product functionality using a single-container Docker install on a local machine, including Mac OSX, Ubuntu, or Arch Linux). Optionally set up email and upgrade your instance using DockerHub.
+- [Local Machine Install with Docker](doc/install/single-container-install.md) - Explore product functionality using a single-container Docker install on a local machine, including Mac OSX, Ubuntu, or Arch Linux). Optionally set up email and upgrade your instance using DockerHub.
-- [AWS EBS Install and Upgrade with Docker](doc/install/aws-ebs-setup.md) - Explore product functionality using a single-container Docker install for Amazon Web Services Elastic Beanstalk. Optionally set up email and upgrade your instance using DockerHub.
+- [AWS EBS Install with Docker](doc/install/aws-ebs-setup.md) - Explore product functionality using a single-container Docker install for Amazon Web Services Elastic Beanstalk. Optionally set up email and upgrade your instance using DockerHub.
#### Development Install
-- [Developer Machine Setup](doc/install/dev-setup.md) - Setup your local machine development environment using Docker on Mac OSX or Ubuntu.
-
+- [Developer Machine Setup](doc/install/dev-setup.md) - Setup your local machine development environment using Docker on Mac OSX or Ubuntu. Pull the latest stable release or pull the latest code from our development build.
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mattermost/platform.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mattermost/platform)
+
#### Production Deployment (for Beta2 and later)
Prior to production installation, please review [Mattermost system requirements](doc/install/requirements.md).
@@ -63,3 +59,38 @@ Prior to production installation, please review [Mattermost system requirements]
- [GitLab Mattermost Production Installation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-mattermost) - Install Mattermost for production environments bundled with GitLab, a leading open source Git repository, using an omnibus package for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Debian 7, Debian 8, and CentOS 6 (and RedHat/Oracle/Scientific Linux 6), CentOS 7 (and RedHat/Oracle/Scientific Linux 7).
For technical questions and answers, please visit the [Mattermost forum](http://forum.mattermost.org).
+
+## Get Involved with Mattermost
+
+Joining the Mattermost community is a great way to build relationships with other talented and like-minded professionals, increase awareness of the interesting work you are doing, and sharpen your skills. Here are some of the ways that you can make a difference in the Mattermost ecosystem:
+
+#### Discuss
+
+- Visit the [Mattermost Forum](http://forum.mattermost.org/) for technical questions and answers.
+- [Join](https://groups.google.com/a/mattermost.com/forum/#!forum/general/join) the [Mattermost User Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/a/mattermost.com/forum/#!forum/general) for general, open-ended questions and software announcements.
+- [Join](https://groups.google.com/a/mattermost.com/forum/#!forum/developer/join) the [Mattermost Developers Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/a/mattermost.com/forum/#!forum/developer) for discussing contributing code to Mattermost.
+
+#### Review
+
+- Share feedback on [Mattermost Design Feedback Requests](http://forum.mattermost.org/c/feature-ideas/specifications), which offer early previews of designs community comments and feedback.
+- Visit the [Feature Ideas Forum](http://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general) and consider upvoting community feature ideas, which are reviewed for each monthly release.
+
+#### Share
+
+- Blog about your Mattermost experiences and use cases, either on your personal blog, the [Mattermost forum](http://forum.mattermost.org), or contribute a guest post to the [Mattermost blog](http://www.mattermost.org/category/blog/). If you write about Mattermost. please contact our community team at info@mattermost.com for help promoting your content.
+- Tweet to share with your community and friends why you use Mattermost. Follow [@MattermostHQ](https://twitter.com/mattermosthq) on Twitter and conversations on [#mattermost](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mattermost&src=typd).
+
+#### Write
+
+- As with most open source projects, Mattermost documentation is maintained in a public repository. You can propose changes by [submitting pull requests (no programming skills required)](http://forum.mattermost.org/t/help-improve-mattermost-documentation/194). We highly welcome you to add improvements, write guides and tutorials, and expand on sections.
+- Prior to contributing, please review [Mattermost Documentation Guidelines](http://www.mattermost.org/documentation-guidelines/), which include standards on writing Mattermost documentation for a global audience, who might not use English as their first language.
+
+#### Contribute
+
+- Share [feature ideas](http://www.mattermost.org/feature-requests/) with the Mattermost community
+- Review the [Mattermost Code Contribution Guidelines](doc/developer/code-contribution.md) to submit patches for the core product
+- Consider building tools that help developers and IT professionals manage Mattermost more effectively (API documentation coming in Beta2)
+
+#### Have other ideas or suggestions?
+
+If there’s some other way you’d like to contribute, please contact us at info@mattermost.com. We’d love to meet you!